Title: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF GIRLS CHILD
MARRIAGE IN INDIA
Authors:
Purnendu Modak
Journal:
International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research (IJSSER)
ISSN: 2455-8834
Volume:
3
Issue:
5
Publication Date:
May 2018
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Purnendu Modak
Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, India
Address of the workplace: University of Calcutta, 56 A, B.T. Road, Kolkata-700050
MLA 8 Modak, Purnendu. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF GIRLS CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 5, May 2018, pp. 2195-2214, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=150. Accessed 2018.
APA Modak, P. (2018, May). AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF GIRLS CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(5), 2195-2214. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=150
Chicago Modak, Purnendu. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF GIRLS CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 5 (May 2018), 2195-2214. Accessed , 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=150.
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ABSTRACT:
The present study analyzes the Determinants of Girls Child Marriage in India, using the District
level household Survey-4 (2012-13) data on household, ever married women and villages level
data in India. In this study we can find, the largest drop in the prevalence of child marriage has
been observed in the under-15 marriages, while marriages in the age group 15-17 years continue
to occur quite common in a number of states in India. Moreover, the Mean age of marriage for
Indian women has risen steadily over the years in every state, including those where the
prevalence of child marriage is quite significant, such as West Bengal, Tripura and Andhra
Pradesh etc. Moreover, individual and household socioeconomic characteristics, such as place of
residence, education, religion and caste are important in determining factor of child marriage
(only females) in India. The present study shows that, there is a greater tendency towards child
marriage among rural women, irrespective of educational and wealth differences between rural
and urban women in India. From this paper, we can find the girls with secondary and higher
education had much lower chances of early marriage compared to illiterate ones. Thus, education
and early marriage are closely linked. However, Wealth Quintile, Village Infrastructure Quintile
and household with BPL card are three crucial significant factor for child marriage in India.
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